Chapter 21 Lust

Chapter 21 Lust
Gabriel had just walked out when all hell broke loose in the entire building. Zina sat staring at her screen as random images of herself shuffled through speedily. Hearing a commotion outside, rose from her seat to see everyone staring at their computers with shocked expressions, some even turning to look at her through the glass wall.

"Did everyone see that?" she muttered lowly, a sinking feeling of abject horror washing over her as her face turned pale white and her knees buckled, sending her back into her chair.

Her expression turned even more pale as she caught sight of what was being displayed now. It was a video of her stripping from a first-person perspective.

True horror came when she recalled exactly this moment, the very day and time. This wasn't edited, this was truly her.

"No" she muttered again, her voice cracking as she felt her heart stop.

"Zina!" A figure rushed into the office.

Zina remained unresponsive as Aika rushed up to her.

"There's something wrong with all our systems, the entire building is in chaos," Aika reported, but Zina would not respond.

Finally registering her corpse-like appearance, Aika rushed to her.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" she asked and hurried around the desk.

As she caught sight of what was displayed on Zina's computer screen, she froze and her lips parted.

"You taped yourself stripping?" she asked, her tone doing nothing to hide the shock and displeasure she felt.

"The entire building has seen this?" Zina asked weakly, her voice like a mosquito.

"What? No," Aika replied, finally realizing something was wrong.

"What?" Zina turned sharply, her eyes bright and wide open and her expression pleading.

"It's just gibberish and incoherent characters, not. . . whatever this is" Aika replied.

"Could this be a show for you? Blackmail?" she asked but Zina paid her no mind.

Too busy reeling in the feeling of returning to Earth, Zina closed her eyes and felt blood return to her body. She suddenly felt very sick.

"Oh my god," her entire body weakened, and she felt her muscles turn to noodles.

"We should get our systems checked out and trace the person doing this as soon as possible, "Aika said solemnly. She did not need to explain why.

Zina understood that what she just feared could very quickly and easily become reality.

"No!" she suddenly and vehemently refused.

"What?" Aika was visibly confused.

"I'm not letting any of our engineers see that" Zina explained.

"But we need to prevent it from leaking" Aika turned exasperated.

"Where is Gabriel?" Zina suddenly asked, earning an odd look from Aika.

"Don't look at me like that, better him than any of those lab rats. I trust him" Zina blushed and looked away from Aika.

"Is this really about trust?" Aika muttered in a low tone and walked away.



Gabriel opened his eyes slowly and looked around him at the dead-silent restroom. For some reason, the world felt... emptier.

He rose slowly and gently moved his arms up and down, then glanced down at his palms in amazement.

"I feel... new" he muttered slowly.
"Powerful,"
"Real," he drew in a long, deep breath.

Smoothing his clothes, he cautiously stepped forward and looked into the mirror. Suddenly, his breath hitched and his pupils shrank into pin-heads. There, staring back at him was a blonde-haired man.

Gabriel did not dare to move, every muscle in his body tensed as he stared at his reflection.

Knock knock

Two gentle taps came from the door and he turned sharply to it. As if recalling something, he turned back to the mirror, but staring back at him were his smooth black hair and beautiful blue eyes with sharply defined facial features.

Breathing again, he walked to the door and opened it. He had barely made any space when suddenly a figure rushed in, sweet perfume smell following behind her as she shut the door, and pounced on him. Before he could react, he felt a kiss on his cheek, then neck, then lips.

His mouth opened in shock, a tongue snuck in, and before he could process what was happening, he found himself reciprocating.

His hands began roaming all over the figure on him, whom he now recognized to be Cici, her supple yet toned figure hypnotizing as she moved as if she wanted to melt into him.

Hands moving before his mind could direct, and an unfamiliar feeling he quite liked forced him to pull her closer to himself, their kiss getting more and more intense, and his hands becoming more and more skillful, so much that a moan snuck out of the corner of her lips.

Minutes passed before Cici pulled away, gasping for breath like she had been underwater forever, her eyes soft and watery as she gazed on him. A fire in those eyes seemed to burn all over Gabriel and he found a powerful desire taking over him.

His blue eyes squinted ever so slightly as he looked down into Cici's eyes, a small smirk suddenly appeared on the corner of his lips and he leaned down slowly till his lips almost touched her neck.

Raising his hand, he gently stretched her blouse to expose her shoulder, and leaned down to it, his lips slightly touching the fine hairs of her skin.

"Not here, not now" he suddenly whispered, the air from his lips making Cici shiver, a cold chill rushing up her spine as she closed her eyes and leaned her head sideways so their face would touch.

But Gabriel was long gone.

It was as if cold water had been poured over all her excitement, but even then, the fire in her bones still burned, and her body was red like a tomato.

"Oh my God!" she muttered and covered her face with both her hands.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god" she repeated and walked to the mirror to stare at her face.

"Oh my God!" she squealed suddenly.

Drawing a deep breath, her mind revisited the earlier moment and she closed her eyes as if to relive it.

"I'm sorry, Zina," she muttered, but the burning excitement in her eyes showed zero trace of regret.

Just then, the bathroom door was opened, and Aika hurried in with Zina.

The three women stood dumbfoundedly staring at each other.

"Why are you in the men's room?" Aika asked in confusion.

"Why are you here?" Cici asked back, as she hurriedly smoothed her clothes. She hesitated slightly to pull her blouse back over her shoulder but eventually gave in and covered up. Her eyes turned red and angry as she stared at Aika accusingly.

"Where's Gabriel?" Zina suddenly asked, her expression suspicious.

"Why are you asking me?" Cici shot back, her voice raised in a small scream. With an annoyed huff, she hurried out.

Just then, a man appeared at the door but froze at the sight of Cici rushing out. He watched her go, then made to enter, only to see Aika and Zina standing there. Confused, he glanced at the sign on the door then turned to Zina with a face full of confusion.

"Let's go," Zina impassively said to Aika, who was glaring at the man like she would fire him then and there.